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JAFRO MENSAH LARKAI
V.
NORA OTOO & ORS.

(2019) JELR 108322 (HC)

High Court 15 Apr 2019 Ghana
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- The court dismissed the plaintiff’s claim for declaration of title, injunction, damages, and recovery of possession, holding that the 3rd defendant is the rightful owner of the disputed land, having acquired valid title by a 1925 fee simp

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO. LD/0588/2018
Judges:K. A. GYIMAH J.
Counsel:A. G. BOADU WITH THERESA ABENA BOADU FOR PLAINTIFF; MELISA AMARTEIFIO FOR 3RD DEFENDANT; CHARLES AKWASI TAMMA FOR 4TH DEFENDANT.

JUDGMENT

GYIMAH, J.

Plaintiff’s case 

The plaintiff describes himself as the head of the Onamrokor Adain family of the  Gbese Quarter of Accra whose family are the allodial owners of lands in Accra  generally referred to as Dome lands which include Tesano, Apenkwa, Achimota,  Alogboshie, Tantra Hill, Taifa, Dome, Kwabenya amongst others. The plaintiff asserts  that his family’s ownership of Dome lands has been upheld in several court cases. 

The plaintiff further asserts that the defendants have entered his family lands and  commenced the construction of a structure on the land without their consent and  authority and as such the defendants are squatters. The plaintiff is therefore seeking  the court’s intervention to evict the defendants from the land by seeking the following  reliefs against them:

i. A declaration that the Onamrokor Adain family is the owner of the land  described in the schedule attached to the statement of claim. 

ii. An injunction restraining the defendants, their a…

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